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484 pp.
| Scholastic/Levine |
June, 2010 |
TradeISBN 978-0-545-06972-4$18.99
(1)
YA
As in The Year of Secret Assignments, Moriarty adds effervescent wit to a sophisticated epistolary format. Here Emily and Lydia narrate their senior year; their accounts are balanced by Toby, who is infatuated with--or possessed by--an Irish convict, and Riley, a former Brookfield student with a dark past. Moriarty has found a winning formula for her thoroughly enjoyable Ashbury High novels.
Reviewer: Jonathan Hunt
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
July, 2010